I was a bit aprehensive about making the 12+ hour-long-trip to "Oh Canada," but thanks to the miracle that is the in-car DVD system, the trip went surpirsingly well. And thanks to the headphones, I didn't go crazy from all the chirpy children's programs. Our system worked pretty well--Dan at the wheel (taking these pictures while driving, bless his little dare-devil heart), kids watching some inane, uh, I mean, intellectually engaging cartoon, and me in the back, nursing Becks when necessary and reading trashy magazines and eating chocolate, also when necessary.
Grant may need to see a chiropracter for that neck kink
We stopped to take a picture of the view of the city of Lewiston, ID, which Dan tells me used to be the capital. Here Grant tries to put his arm around Ella in a brotherly gesture of love, and Ella, being Ella, resists wholeheartedly. "I will put my arm around you!" "You won't!" "I WILL!" "YOOUUU WOOON'T!"
Alberta is an absolutely beautiful place--as evidenced by these next few pics
Whtat's this barren rock pile doing in here amongst all these beautiful landscapes, you ask? This is a picture of a place called Frank's Slide. Apparantly, at some point a large portion of the mountain broke off, slid down, and covered the whole town of Frank. Thus, Frank's Slide. It was a pretty amazing sight to behold.
We passed about a million windmills on our way to grandma's house, and though I applaud the eco-friendly method of gathering electricty, I find them just the tiniest bit creepy.
When we finally drove into town, Georgia and Norm greeted us with open arms, and we sunk in to their gold-velvet couch for a good long rest and chat before heading up the twirly stairs to bed. Tomorrow promised to be filled with aunts, uncles, cousins, and of course, lots of eating, and we were going to need our sharpest intellect about us if we were to survive the onslaught of Canuck relatives and their many wittisisms.
Ellas ends the day with a little Dora
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